SMW-AUTOBLOK Corporation
Turin, Italy-based workholding group tracing to 1942; SMW-AUTOBLOK Corporation, its US arm in Wheeling, Illinois, builds CNC chucks and robot grippers.
SMW-AUTOBLOK is a workholding manufacturer for CNC turning, grinding, and milling operations. The group traces its origins to Autoblok S.p.A., founded in 1942 in Turin, Italy, and to SMW, founded in 1967 in Meckenbeuren, Germany; the two companies merged in 1993 to form SMW-AUTOBLOK Spannsysteme GmbH. Group headquarters sit in Caprie, near Turin, Italy, and SMW-AUTOBLOK Corporation operates as the United States subsidiary, based in Wheeling, Illinois, with further offices across the UK, France, Spain, Kazakhstan, China, and Sweden.
Power chuck lines include the BP, AP, IEP, and SJL series, the KNCS-2G quick-jaw-change chuck, and the APL-RR and NTL-RR high-precision quick-jaw models, supported by the CCS chuck-changing system for tool-free jaw swaps on CNC lathes. Steady rest products span the self-centering SR line and the SRG model built for grinding operations. For robot integration, the company builds the 2PXS, 2PXM, and 2PXL universal two-finger grippers for outside- and inside-diameter clamping, PT-RR stationary hydraulic and pneumatic chucks, and the STV-2 twin-vise fixture for automated clamping cycles. Primary end markets are automotive, aerospace, and precision-machining shops that pair CNC turning centers with robotic loading and end-of-arm tooling.
SMW-AUTOBLOK maintains sales and service offices on three continents and exhibits at trade fairs such as IMTS and EMO.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
KNCS-2G Power Chuck
World's best-selling fully sealed quick jaw change power chuck for CNC turning, in production for 35+ years.
MOTIACT Mechatronic Gripper
Sensor-integrated mechatronic robot grippers for machine tending, material handling, and assembly automation.
2PX Universal Pneumatic Gripper
Sealed 2-finger pneumatic robot grippers for OD and ID workpiece clamping in machine tending applications.
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WEBSITE
https://www.smwautoblok.comPHONE
+1 847 215 0591HEADQUARTERS
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1942
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North America
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